Olivier lafreniere



NITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVIER LAFRENIERE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HORSE-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,562, dated January 11, 1859.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVIER LAFRENLERE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Collars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a longitudinal central section of my invention. Fig. 2, is a front or face view of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invention consists of an improved article of manufacture, viz, a horse-collar having its lower part provided with a metallic tube to give form to and hold the packing and otherwise made as herein set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a horse collar constructed according to my invention. The upper part of the collar is constructed of the usual form and of the usual materials. The extreme lower part however of the collar is different from those of usual construction as will be readily seen by referring to Fig. 2. Instead of having the lower part of the sides c., a, extend around in semi-circular form or with a gradual curve asindicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 2, the lower part of the collar has a jog or loop B, which extends down farther than the usual curve, but allows the sides al, a, to be of the ordinary form.

lVithin the jog or loop B, a hollow met-al tube C, is placed. This tube is bent or curved corresponding with the desired form of the jog or loop and is of such diameter as to correspond to the front rim or projection b, in front of the hames c, and when covered to form a continuation of said rim or projection b, which is constructed in the usual way it being merely stuffed with straw. The og or loop B, with the exception of the tube O, is constructed precisely the same as the other parts of the collar. The hames c, are applied to the collar in the usual way and are of usual construction they being merely bent or formed to correspond to the form of the jog or loop B, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

By this invention the bearing of the lower part of the collar will extend below the point pressed upon by the collars of present construction and the pressure of the collar will be too low to inconvenience the horse. The plan of extending the lower part of the collar farther down than usual has been previously essayed but was found impracticable on account of the liability of the sides a, a., to spring or give under the draft. In order to obviate this difficulty the metal tube C, is employed and fit-ted in the collar as shown and described. The tube C, combines lightness with strength and etfectually prevents the springing or distending of the sides a, a, the collar by its use being rendered equally as stiff or inflexible as those of ordinary construction.

It will be understood that the ends of the straw stuffing are inserted within the tube C, which thus forms a holder for the base of the stutling, of a firm and durable character, besides greatly cheapening the construction of the collar. In the construction of the ordinary collar, it is a matter that requires skill and consumes time, so to form the straw packing as that it shall present the proper form and have a compact, rounded and gradually tapering start. If it is not properly formed, or is loosely done, the collar soon gives way at this point, and becomes useless.

It is entirely new, so far as I know, to employ a tube at the base of the collar, which tube serves as a holder, from the interior of which the straw rises.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as an improved article of manufacture- A horse-collar, having its lower part provided with a metallic tube C, to give form to and hold the packing, and otherwise made as herein set forth.

OLIVIER LAFRENIERE.

IVitnesses WVM. TUscrr, W. HAUFF. 

